The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-11-03

any man is fighting the liquor traffic,
we bid him God speed, and will lend
him a helping hand, provided his style
Of campaigning does not degenerate
to the level Of blasphemy or idiocy.
We are not willing however, to sub
scribe to the theory that the only way
of salvation is by way Of Tom Powell,
Grover Cleveland, Jeff Davis, and the
Southern Confederacy. Those who
assume to be leaders Of the "Prohibi-
ton Party" have come out little
more plainly this year than in any
previous year. Their zeal has over
Tapped their judgment. Their bitter
and indiscreet warfare on the Repub-
lican party has stamped them as the
agents and allies of the Democratic
party. They have gone beyond the
bounds of common decency in this
warfare, and have made the soldiers,
as well as the Republican party, the
subjects Of their sneers. Upon this
subject we have only word to say to
our young friend:
We are not boasting Of our services
to our country during the dark days
of the Rebellion. We entered the ar
my at the age Of fifteen, and served
until the close Of the war, nearly
three years afterward. It was time
that called for prompt and faithful
discharge of duty by every able-bodied
man. While we were listening to
the music Of the shot and shell in
Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and
Mississippi, we have no means of
knowing where DIR. Leonard was, but
the fact that he can stand before an
intelligent audience and sneer at the
achievements Of the Republican par
ty, proves to US that his body was suf-
fciently remote from the swamps and
battle-felds Of the South to render
him safe. Mr. Hunter, as we remark
ed before, was perhaps to young to
serve his country as a soldier. But
why does our young friend sneer at
US for having been in the army? We
will tell our readers. It is well
known fact that no other Republican
paper in Ohio has shown DR.. Leonard
and his followers the fairness shown
them by the Standard. We have
spoken from a calm unprecedented
standpoint. When the DIR. came
around abusing the Republican party,
and sneering at us for being Repub-
lican, we felt it to be our solemn duty
as journalist to paint him in his true
colors. This tearing Of the mask from
the demagogy of some of the Third
Party leaders has enraged some Of the
members Of that party. We are sor-
ry for this. We have many warm
personal friends in all the parties. We
are proud Of their friendship. We
are not sorry, however, when man
degenerates to so low down a fling as
our young friend Hunter, because it
gives us his size, for future considera-
ton.
That we served in the Union Army,
is offensive to DIR. Leonard and Mr..
W. A. Hunter. That we are a Re
publican, is still more offensive. Yet,
when we consider the hundreds of
thousands of graves Of brave men in
this country; when we see the wild
ows and orphans Of those who fell;
when we think Of the spectacle of
jeff Davis and family being hauled
through the streets Of Macon, Ga,
decked with Confederate flags and
made the subjects of alteration by the
Democratic party; when we see the
manned Union Veterans limping about
the country, and behold the Demo
cratic President, detected in the at
tempt to steal and return the battle
flags captured on bloody fields; when
we contemplate all these things, we
cannot help rejecting how small, how
insignificant, are DR.. Leonard, W. A.
Hunter, and the men who sneer at
the achievements of the Republican
party, or. the services of the Union